Milwaukee Brewers @ St Louis Cardinals (game 2)

The last game of this series is a day game, with a 1.15pm start.  I found another single seat that the website would let me buy, in the middle of a row, but it is only a row of 5 seats near the back of the club area again, next to the press box.  It was in the shade, which was good.

It's clearly not just me that has trouble buying individual tickets - the man sitting next to me asked me whether I had just the one ticket, and how I'd managed to buy it!

Not so good is that I now have a cold, and with the heat, I've not felt very well.

This was an exciting game, very few runs until the near the end of the game.   The biggest moment came in the Milwaukee half of the ninth inning, when training 4-3, one of their star players, Ryan Braun, was batting with 2 out, down to his last strike, and he hit a grand slam to put the Brewers in front 7-4.  This quietened the crowd down considerably.


When St Louis came to bat in the bottom of the 9th inning, they managed to score two runs, but that left them 1 short with a 7-6 loss.

I noticed that the 'M' was missing from the "BIG MAC LAND" sign in left field - I'm surprised it hasn't been replaced if it was broken.

The St Louis fans are widely considered the best, most knowledgeable in baseball - however, that doesn't stop them leaving before the game is over, or getting up in the middle of an at-bat or going down to their seats during an at-bat.  It's quite irritating when they block your view.
Location: 700 Clark Ave, St. Louis, MO 63102, USA

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